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Before you leave the office – Spectra Precision Survey Pro v4.6 Basic GPS User Manual

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Before You Leave the Office

• Make sure your software is registered. Go to Register

Modules from the Job menu to make sure that the Basic

GPS module is registered.

• If you are doing GPS work on a job with existing

coordinates, make sure the control coordinate locations

are in a file on the data collector.

• If you are using a geoid model make sure your geoid sub

grid file (*.ggf) is in the geodata directory of the hand
held.

• If you are using the NAD27 datum in the USA, or some

other datum that requires a datum shift grid file (*.dgf),

make sure the appropriate datum grid file is in the

geodata directory on the hand held device.

Note: You can use Foresight DXM or Spectra Precision

Survey Office to create and transfer geoid and datum grid
files.

• Make sure you have all of your GPS equipment. The

following is a check list for a base/rover radio RTK.

o

EPOCH25 base receiver with EPOCH L1/L2 antenna

and antenna cable

o

Serial cable or Bluetooth dongle for the base receiver

o

External Pac Crest transmitting radio and antenna

with antenna cable

o

Cable to connect the transmitting radio to the base
receiver

o

External battery for base and base radio, fully
charged

o

Tripod and tribrach for base receiver, and some

mount or mast for the radio antenna at the base

o

EPOCH25 rover receiver, with internal battery fully

charged, and cell phone if you are using an internet

GPS service

o

Serial cable or Bluetooth dongle for rover receiver

o

Rover pole with data collector bracket and bipod legs

o

Data collector